Clothes drier



Dec. l5, 1931. i .1. ANzALoNE 1,836,008

CLOTHES DRIER .Egled Aug. 23, 1930 n 01' .70317772 Jn zione f l "v, 31 jPatented Dec. 15, 1931 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE? i JOSEPH ANzALoNE,or` NEW YORK, N. Y., lAssrerron K'ro ALCA CLOTHESHDRYEE'MANU-FACTUEINGCOMPANY, 11\TC.,oEY NEWV Yoiiinn. Y. ,jL Y t `CLOTHESA DEIEEThis invention relates to clothes driers wherein a carrier for a seriesof clothes hangersl isv adapted to be mounted and supported in a windowopening of a building to be adjusted to extend in a directionlongitudinally of and to one side of the window opening and to positioncentrally of and extend outwardly from the window opening, and thehangers in said latter position of the carrier adapted to be adjusted onthe carrier to position adjacent the window opening and outward inspaced relation, and it is the object of the invention to provide animproved construction and arrangement of drier of this character whichis simple in structure and efficient in use.

In the drawings accompanying and forming .a part of this applicationFigure l is a perspective view o-f my improved drier mounted in a windowopening of a building and showing the hangers adjusted outward on thecarrier therefor. i

. Figure 2 is a perspective view similar to Figure 1 but showingthedrier adJusted t0 rinoperative'position to extend longitudinal-V ly andto one side ofthe window opening. Y Figure 3 is a cross sectional viewto show the arrangement of adjustably mounting the clothes hangers onthe carrier.

Figure 4 is a perspective vview of one end of a clothes hanger. Y

Figure 5 is a perspectiveview of the means to mount and support thehangers from the carrier therefor. i

Figure 6 is a side elevation,'partly in section, and Figure 7 is a planview of means to adjustably mount the hanger carrier upon 'a support inthe window opening.

Figure 8 is a side elevation, partly .in section, to show the pivotalconnection of a sectional supporting arm for the hanger carrier.V f -iFigure 9 'is .a side elevation of a support for the hanger-carriermounted inthe-:window opening; and

' 'Figure 10 is a perspective view of the inftermediate'portion of ahanger to showl the means for s uspending'the hangers from thefsupp'o'rt' shown in Figure 5.

'fisio' f The embodiment Vof theinvention illustrated comprises acarrier 11 in the form of a channel rail,`pivotally. connectediat12ndjacent to one end, to constitute the inner jend,

with one end of'a. supporting arm-13, the opposite end ofthe supporting'arm being flattened .and formedl tohoolr shape whereby it is engagedand mounted upon abar-f14 su ported at the ends by tlie opposite side'wals arm being'releasably retained on the barQlli byl a pivotedcatch 15.'ATo'retain the carrier Y extended throughk a perforation 17 in the arm 13and retainedin said position byy a lofva window opening, the hookedendgofthe y i.

`latch 18 pivoted upon the. arm engaging the perforation in the ear, asshownV in F igures` 6 and 7.7 The outer end of the carrier is sup'-portedby an arm*v comprising a=pair` of piv-l otallyl connectedsections19,r20to have adyjustment toward each otherv in one direction,as shown in Figure 2, and to extended position, asshownfin Figure 1, andthe. adjust'- vment to extended Aposition being l'mted'by an abutmentQlcarried byfonearm section engaging with the other, armsection, as showninv Figure 8. @The section 19 has a flattened hook member '22 secured tothe'l free- 'end whereby'it is mounted on a bar 23 supported at the endsby the' opposite walls of the window opening similar to the bar 1 4. Thefree end `of section 20 has a pivotal-connectioni VLwiththev carrier ata lpoint .the outer end.` Y,

, The supporting bars 14, 28 are of Lsimilar construction, (Figure 9,)eachbar comprising a tubular-member havinga foot`p2'5sel i curedat oneend thereof, and a threadedstem carrying a foot, as'at 25', engaged inthe opposite en d ofthe tubular member, with" a nut-'26.V threadedV ontothe stem abutting against theendfof thetubular member.' To

`mountthe bars inthe window opening `the nut 26 is adjusted onth'ethreaded.y stem until "95" the feet 25 25 engage'tlie opposite walls of'l thefwindow openingv whenY the tubular mem? ber andrstem are movedloutwardjfromeach other Vand the'feet'for'oibly imping'ed against* theopening walls byscrewing the-nut'oitward on the stem, as by a wrench. Byarranging the hooked end of arm 13 and of arm section 19 the' carrier isheld against lateralmovement relative to the supporting bars 14, es. Y

A series of clothes hangers are supportedv fronithe carrier, in thepresent instance shown as three in number, each hanger coma)VV 31 fixedintermediate the ends of thechanger prisinga Vrod 26 having cross heads27' fixed tothe opposite ends with-the ends perforated for the passageand securingof lines 28 therev The hangers are supported fromfthe car-Y, rer rail 11 to have movement inward toward Vand outward from thewindowy opening.

For this purposeA a carriage for each hanger is mounted in the channelof the carrier 1l,-

said carriages comprisingY a pair of rollers 29 rotatably mounted `onthe reduced .ends of axles- 30, vthe hangers. being releasably suspendedfrom Vsaid carriages f by a T-member rods 26 and adapted to be engagedupon biyfurcated hooked ymembers v82 fixed to Athe carriage axles 30.The hanger carriages are adjusted relative tothe carrier 11 by a cable33 extended about apulley 34 at the outer bers, as by knotting the cablevat opposite sides thereof, the cable being secured in posi- VVtion withthey hanger carriages adjusted out- -Wardon the carrier, as shown inFigure l, by

securing the opposite ends of the cable together and to the supportingbar 14. The oppositeend portion of the cable is guided by the connectionmembers l2, 24 of the armslS, with the carrier.

Y The carrier 11. when not in to be adjusted to extend longitudinallyand to one side of the window opening, as shown *inf Figure 2. `For thispurpose theV lhook 18 Y is released from the perforation of ear 1o'V-permittingthe end of the carrier l1 to drop laway from the arm .13Vwhen a pull isfexerted on a cable36 connected at 37 with the carrierand extended'through an eyelet or a pulley carried'by the hook member22y of the arm -section 19, as at 38, and the vcarrier 11 secured insuch position by fastening the cable to thesupporting bar 14E.y Thecarrier supporting arms 1 3 and 19 may be adjustedto the side of thewindow opening either before or afterV the carrier 11 has been ladjustedtothe position shown in Figure 2.y To'lower the carrier the cable 36y isreleased from the bar A14 and thecarrier gradually lowered vuntil it is'supported by the arms 19, 20'Y when the A'.inner end; is connectedwitlithe arm 13Y by [the-hookVv 18 engaging the perforated ear. 16. avllfldaying thusldescribed my invention @I 'r-ier rail adjacent theendopposite to that at uselis adapted 1. In a clothes drier,`a channelrail, means adapted to be mounted in a window opening to support thechannel rail to extend outward from said opening with the channelopening Vchannelraihan arm pivotally connected at one end with thechannel rail and mounted at the opposite end on the lower supportingbar, andan arm embodying hingedly connected sections, one section beingpivotally connected with the channel rail and another section pivotallymounted on the upper supporting..`

3. ln a clothes drier, a pair of supporting` bars adapted to be'mountedin a window. opening to extend transversely thereof in super-` posed andspaced relation, a carrier rail, ariarm pivotally mounted at one end onthem lowerV supporting bar and pivotally connected with the carrier railwithin one end there.- Y of, ,meansto releasably connect the carrierrail andV arm to, eXtend'in parallel relation, 1,95 a second armcomprising a pair of hingedly connected sections, one section pivotallymounted on the upper supporting bar andthe other section pivotallyconnected with the carwhich the first arm `is connected and said carrierrail being adapted tobe adjustedand supported in position-to extendoutward from y the window opening 'and to position toeXtendlongitudinally and at one side of the window opening, clothes hangers,means to mount the hangers onthe carrier rail to haveadjust- Vmentlongitudinallythereof, and means tok adjust said carrier rail.

4l. A 'clothes drier as claimed inclaim 3Y wherein the carrier rail isof channel form i supported by the arms with the channelropening to thebottom, andthe means :to mount the hangers thereon comprising( carriagesl mounted in the channelof the lrail from which the hangers aresuspended. Y l

A clothes drier as claimedin claim 3, wherein the portions of the railcarrying arms engaged upon the supporting bars are flattened and ofgreaterA width than thick- .S5120 ness to prevent lateral cantingmovementzof the arms relative to the supporting bars.

6'. clothesrdrierv as claimed in claim 3,

Ywherein the means to mount the hangers on `l the carrier railcomprises'carriages rotatably l1,25

" supported by the carrier rail,'andeach car-V frier provided with abifurcated hookmenfiber,`

and VA"lmembers connected withthe lhangers Y adaptedforremovableconnectionlwithgthe f Y v bifurcatedl carriage ho`oks .l v

7. A clothes drier as claimed in claim 3,

wherein the clothes hangers comprise a rod supported intermediate theends from the mounting means therefor on the carrier rail and havingcross heads fixed to the opposite ends, and lines extended between andsecured to the ends of the opposite heads.

8. A clothes drierras claimed in claim 3,

'n wherein the means to connect the carrier rail and one supporting armto extend in parallel relation to said arm, comprises a perforated earprojected laterally fromthe carrier rail and extended through aperforation in the arm, and a latch pivotally carried by the arm forengagement with the ear perforation.

9. A clothes drier as claimed in claim 3, wherein the carrier railsupporting rods eachv comprises a tubular member carrying a foot at oneend, a threaded stem carrying a foot engaged in the opposite end of thetubular y

